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| November 30, 2009 | | The secret behind Michelle Obama's youthful looks! | | | London: A rare Swiss apple with an exceptionally long shelf-life has been found to be the secret behind US First Lady Michelle Obama's youthful looks. According to
the US edition of Vogue, the-mum-of two buys a 215 pounds serum, which uses an
extract from the stem cells of the Uttwiler Spätlauber apple. Dubbed as "the super
apple" by the magazine, it is used in creams and serums. The stem cells from the
fruit are said to excite human skin stem cells to protect skin cell regeneration
and delay the onset of wrinkles. Despite its long shelf-life, the apple has not
been considered desirable until now because of its tart taste. Swiss scientists
at Mibelle Biochemistry, a subsidiary of the big Swiss retailer Migros, sought
to determine whether the miracle component could be used to stop the ageing process
in people. They found the key to the apple's longevity lay chiefly in its unusually
resilient stem cells. The apple's stem cells nourished and stimulated human stem
cells and defended them against UV radiation. They made a cream containing a two
per cent Uttwiler Spätlauber extract and applied it twice daily to the "crow's
feet" area under the eyes of 20 participants. They found that wrinkle depth was
reduced by an average of 15 per cent after four weeks. "We thought there must
be something in those apples which gives them their long shelf life," the Telegraph
quoted Beata Hurst, marketing and sales manager at Mibelle Biochemistry as saying.
"We could show that the apple stem cells have a positive influence on the vitality
of the skin stem cells. They made them more efficient and they can live longer,"
Hurst added. At present there are only 20 Uttwiller Spätlauber trees in Switzerland. |
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